Data access management in distributed computer storage environments

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying one or more secondary storage devices;
• determining that at least one secondary data retrieval condition is satisfied, wherein said at least one secondary storage retrieval condition is selected from the group consisting of:
• a computer system component indicating that a read from at least one of said one or more secondary storage devices is permitted;
• a computer application indicating that it is intending to read from at least said one of one or more secondary storage devices;
• and
• said computer application indicating that it is intending to read data in a read-only mode;
• and
• responsive to determining that at least one said secondary data retrieval condition is satisfied, permitting data access from at least one of said one or more secondary storage devices.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on said one or more computer readable storage media, said program instructions comprising instructions to:

• identify a computer storage environment, said computer storage environment comprising a primary storage device and one or more secondary storage devices;
• determine a secondary data retrieval scenario, said secondary data retrieval scenario being associated with one of said one or more secondary storage devices;
• and
• determine a read-only retrieval arrangement based on said secondary data retrieval scenario.